A very warm welcome to the official website of John Kean and the Diving Bikers series of Travel, Scuba Diving and Long Distance Motorcycling trips.

Ride, stop, dive, get back on the bike and do it all again at another great destination. That's the theme of the diving bikers trips together with meeting hundreds of interesting people along the way. We hope this website will inspire you to visit these places too and learn more about the wonderful sports of diving and biking.

Trawl through the large collection of trip diaries, dozens of great photographs, Egyptian and Black Sea trip highlight videos, John Kean's books and also information about the many contributors and sponsors of Diving Bikers.

'The Great Buoyancy Scam - And how to avoid it' is a marvelous peek behind the scenes of modern day dive instruction. It take's a long hard look at new diver education and provides a valuable resource for those not wishing to leave their beginner training to chance.

Videographer and dive professional Denis Zorzin has just released his long-awaited film about the current state of the WW2 Red Sea shipwreck, the SS Thistlegorm. Denis' video is a sharp awareness production highlighting the damage that is resulting from the lack of a suitable mooring system around the wreck.
Dozens of dive boats visit Thistlegorm each week and currently they have to secure themselves directly onto the wreck's structure. The damage caused by these high tension cables and ropes is resulting in irreversible changes to the wreck.

Over the years, scuba diving has had its share of famous names such as Sheck Exley, Jim Bowden, John Bennett and Nuno Gomes. Seemingly from out of nowhere came Ahmed Gabr of Egypt to take the sports biggest prize - the deepest dive ever made.

The Canary Islands have long been a popular destination for visiting Europeans, especially the British and Germans. A favourite among the seven islands is Fuerteventura where many are attracted by unspoilt beaches, mountainous landscapes and numerous water sports such as scuba diving, surfing and kite surfing. But now there's a new sport in town ...

The SS Thistlgorm Book will be available on Amazon Kindle the reduced Kindle Countdown price between the dates of the 9th and 16th November 2014. It is currently the number one best selling shipwreck book on Amazon Kindle.

The seven day promotion for Lost Wife, Saw Barracuda is off to a great start and the title has now reached #1 in Scuba Diving and Middle East Travel on both Amazon UK and USA. It is also in the top 10 of all sport books. The title will be available as a special Kindle offer via the Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com sites until the 19th March 2014. Click here to download copies at just a pound or a dollar.

The world is full of ironies. Last week, Germany canceled planes flying to Sharm el Sheikh because of bomb threats in the region. For 20 years the biggest draw in Sharm el Sheikh has been a WW2 ship that was bombed by … a German plane.

Adventure Bike Rider UK is a quality monthly magazine dedicated to tour bike riding. Issue 17 of 2013 includes the special ten-page feature of the Egyptian trip entitled, 'Riding the Revolution'. Written by John Kean with photography by Yann Vautrin the article provides a valuable insight to riding and biking around post-revolutionary Egypt. Download a pdf version of the article here.